VICP Registry — Searchable Index of U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Cases
An independent public index of decisions from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Source documents are compiled from public court records via GovInfo.gov. Browse cases by petitioner, alleged injury, vaccine, outcome, and award amount. Each entry links to original court documents and an AI-assisted summary. Not affiliated with HHS, VICP, or HRSA.
Filtered cases · 446 Cognitive / developmentalclear all
| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-27 | 2016-11-23 | J.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | encephalopathy, language and other developmental impairments | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-10-31 | 2017-11-27 | A.M. | pro se | – | – | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD); skin rashes; gliosis; seizur | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2017-09-18 | A.N. | not in record | – | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-11-09 | 2022-07-19 | Tamara Chavez, Parent of T.C. | Patricia Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 2mo | Pediarix (DTaP, hepatitis B, I | early infantile epilepsy/epileptic encephalopathy, intractab | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2016-11-14 | 2025-05-27 | Ebonie Weaver | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 9mo | DTaP; Hib; IPV; RotaTeq; hepat | seizure disorder and significant worsening of preexisting de | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,626,851 |
| 2016-11-15 | 2026-02-10 | N.S. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 9mo | Hib | infantile spasms and related seizures and neurodevelopmental | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2016-12-01 | 2017-01-31 | Beverly Sharifipour | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $413,422 |
| 2016-12-07 | 2017-07-10 | C.B. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | DTaP | infantile spasms (or West Syndrome) and developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2016-12-29 | 2022-07-07 | B.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer, P.C. | 2.0y | Hepatitis A | pediatric arterial ischemic stroke due to an inflammatory fo | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-06 | 2017-02-02 | K.A. | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | DTaP, Hepatitis B, Poliovirus, | developmental delay and related injuries and a Table encepha | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2017-01-09 | 2018-11-30 | BMA | Despite my concerns, Robert J. Krakow | at the conclusion of the conference | 1.0y | influenza | demyelinating brain injury, nerve damage, trigeminal neuralg | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-01-30 | 2023-12-15 | S.H. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | Pediarix (DTaP-hepatitis B-IPV | seizures leading to epilepsy | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-01 | 2023-09-01 | K.E.L. | not in record | – | 7mo | DTaP | epileptic spasms, global developmental delay, acquired micro | denied | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-02-08 | 2018-12-19 | Y.M.B. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $1,318,403 |
| 2017-02-09 | 2020-02-03 | A.W. | Timothy M. Kotfila | Kotfila & Jordan | 1.5y | influenza | ADEM or viral encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-02-17 | 2023-11-21 | A.F.M. | Rick Alan Cory | Danks & Danks | 6mo | DTaP | epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-02-21 | 2020-09-29 | Payton Bergin | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | HPV | episodes of inability to walk and talk, short term memory lo | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-03-03 | 2021-11-29 | B.B. | Isaiah R. Kalinowski | Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA | 9mo | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) and/or neuromy | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $443,984 |
| 2017-03-21 | 2021-09-02 | L.K.B. | not in record | – | – | Hepatitis B | complex-partial seizure disorder and mental developmental de | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2017-03-28 | 2018-05-23 | E.L. | Christina M. Ciampolillo | Conway Homer, P.C. | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $130,000 |
| 2017-04-07 | 2018-05-08 | P.C.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | – | MMR | encephalitis and/or encephalopathy, developmental regression | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-06-06 | 2022-03-25 | J.M.G. | pro se | – | 5mo | hepatitis B, DTaP, rotavirus, | macrocephaly secondary to enlarged extra-axial cerebral spin | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-07-05 | 2022-01-12 | Christine Midnight | Mark T. Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | MMR, Tdap, varicella | encephalitis, speech-regression, blurred vision, and reduced | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-07-06 | 2018-08-03 | D.S.G. | pro se | – | 3.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-07-30 | 2021-12-22 | D.C. | Michael A. Firestone | Marvin Firestone, MD, JD, & Assoc. | 2.1y | influenza | autoimmune epilepsy, plus a number of secondary symptoms (an | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-08-27 | 2019-07-31 | K.G. | John P. Valente, III | The Valente Law Group | 5mo | varicella | disseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $955,276 |
| 2017-09-21 | 2025-11-12 | Tyler Hervey | Lisa Roquemore | Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore | 8.0y | live attenuated influenza vacc | acute cerebellitis / encephalitis-like neurologic injury | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2017-09-25 | 2021-09-07 | L.T. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | DTaP | hypotonic failure to thrive and developmental delay | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-09-27 | 2018-11-26 | Conor Brennan | Jessica A. Wallace | Siri & Glimstad LLP | – | HPV | immune mediated encephalopathy and/or autoimmune encephaliti | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2017-10-03 | 2019-07-18 | J.J.N. | not in record | – | 1.2y | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-05 | 2018-11-30 | R.G. | not in record | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-10-20 | 2019-07-15 | H.B. | Joseph P. Shannon | Shannon Law Group, P.C. | 8.0y | FluMist | encephalopathy and resulting developmental delays | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2017-11-06 | 2022-06-27 | K.B.H. | Nancy Meyers | Turning Point Litigation | – | Gardasil HPV | dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POT | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2023-12-22 | A.J.K. | Edward Kraus | Kraus Law Group, LLC | 1.0y | MMR | posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy or stroke, seizure | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2017-11-27 | 2025-09-02 | T.B.D. | Armond Marcarian | Marcarian Law Firm, P.C. | 2mo | Pentacel (DTaP/IPV/Hib), hepat | acute/chronic encephalopathy; hypersensitivity myocarditis; | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2017-12-01 | 2022-04-14 | Lauren Wilkins | David C. Richards | Christensen & Jensen, P.C. | – | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (“ADEM”) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $136,802 |
| 2017-12-15 | 2018-12-13 | A.C. | J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | 6mo | unspecified | infantile seizure disorder | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2017-12-20 | 2019-05-28 | J.B. | Jeffrey A. Golvash | Brennan, Robins & Daley, P.C. | – | DTaP | febrile seizures and/or encephalitis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $50,864 |
| 2017-12-26 | 2019-04-02 | H.G. | not in record | – | 6mo | DTaP | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-02-05 | 2023-10-31 | A.S. | Mark Theodore Sadaka | Law Offices of Sadaka Associates, LLC | – | DTaP; hepatitis B; IPV; Hib; P | Kawasaki disease, encephalopathy, and seizure disorder alleg | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $15,000 |
| 2018-02-27 | 2024-10-01 | L.S. | Scott B. Taylor | Urban & Taylor, S.C. | 6.0y | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-03-01 | 2018-06-15 | E.A.L. | pro se | – | – | DPT | autism | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2018-03-09 | 2022-05-10 | Jacob Booth | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2022-08-31 | C.C. | Leigh Finfer | Muller Brazil, LLP | 4.5y | influenza | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-03-23 | 2024-03-25 | A.V. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 6mo | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-04 | 2023-08-03 | C.G. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm | 8.0y | varicella | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2018-04-06 | 2021-03-29 | P.L. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 3mo | DTaP | encephalopathy and seizure disorder | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2018-04-25 | 2019-08-02 | A.M. | Mark T. Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | 1.5y | MMRV | Table Encephalopathy | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2018-06-26 | 2019-04-12 | I.S. | Mark Sadaka | Mark T. Sadaka, LLC | – | pneumococcal conjugate | seizures and an encephalopathy | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-07-30 | 2022-07-12 | M.A.M. | Forrest E. Jackson, Delay Forrest E. Jackson | Jackson Law Firm, PLLC | – | DTaP | seizures and/or developmental delay | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2018-08-14 | 2020-08-13 | M.G.M. | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia Finn | – | DTaP | neurologic injury, evidenced by her seizures and causing her | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2018-09-06 | 2024-02-20 | A.P. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb Attorney at Law | 4.0y | MMR | Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2018-10-04 | 2024-03-25 | K.S.J., Jr. | R. Christopher Irwin, III, Julius Vincent Cook | Cook & Tolley LLP; Cook & Tolley, LLP | 1.1y | MMR | biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease (BTRBGD) tr | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,616,572 |
| 2018-10-19 | 2025-02-21 | A.G.C. | Ramon Rodriguez | Siri & Glimstad LLP | 5.8y | influenza | seizure disorder | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2018-10-25 | 2019-02-12 | S.T. | William Cochran, Jr. | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffe, P.C. | – | DTaP | epilepsy, seizures, developmental regression and delay, and | dismissed | Katherine E. Oler | – |
| 2019-01-11 | 2020-10-21 | S.C. | Michael A. London | Douglas & London, P.C. | 2mo | DTaP; hepatitis B; rotavirus; | alleged vaccine reactions, reflux/GI issues, rash, seizures/ | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-01-16 | 2025-06-23 | R.D. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Mctlaw | – | MMR | acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $95,000 |
| 2019-01-23 | 2021-11-02 | Steven E. Ovenden | Thomas W. Costello | Costello, Valente & Gentry | – | influenza | encephalitis and cerebral venous thrombosis | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $65,000 |
| 2019-02-12 | 2025-05-14 | WCF | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | 9mo | hepatitis A | anti-NMDAR encephalitis | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2019-02-14 | 2019-04-01 | A.R.K. | Yuri Jelokov | Farrish Johnson Law Office | 1.2y | Pentacel | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-02-28 | 2024-08-08 | K.M. | Brian L. Cinelli | Schiffmacher Cinelli Adoff LLP | 1.0y | Hib | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-03-26 | 2020-02-21 | O.S.S. | pro se | – | 1.0y | pneumococcal | expressive developmental delay | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-04-03 | 2020-06-16 | I.N. | Bruce W. Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMRV | non-epileptic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, general seizu | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2020-06-12 | E.B.G. | Milton Clay Ragsdale | Ragsdale LLC | – | meningococcal | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-04-17 | 2021-07-06 | J.H.S. | Brian Cinelli | Marcus & Cinelli, LLP | – | influenza | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | dismissed | Mindy Michaels Roth | – |
| 2019-04-26 | 2019-05-28 | C.T. | pro se | – | 0mo | Hepatitis B | status epilepticus, a seizure disorder, encephalopathy, ence | dismissed | Thomas L. Gowen | – |
| 2019-05-02 | 2020-11-03 | E.H. | Shealene Priscilla Mancuso | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | Tdap | encephalopathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-05-28 | 2024-08-27 | S.D. | Bridget Candace McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-07-05 | 2022-04-26 | K.A. | pro se | – | 1.1y | varicella, MMR, hepatitis A, H | encephalopathy, encephalitis, and audio neuropathy | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-07-08 | 2020-02-10 | D.A.N.B. | not in record | – | 1.2y | childhood vaccine series inclu | torticollis, global development delay, and autism spectrum d | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2019-08-02 | 2025-07-31 | J.W. | Jessica Wallace | Siri & Glimstad, LLP | 2mo | DTaP | epileptic encephalopathy with residual seizure disorder and | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-08-06 | 2020-06-01 | S.S. | William B. Hicky | William B. Hickey, Attorney at Law | – | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-09-23 | 2024-03-25 | L.C. | Diana Lynn Stadelnikas | Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA | – | MMR | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Daniel T. Horner | $721,446 |
| 2019-11-05 | 2024-02-21 | A.Z. | Jeffrey S. Pop | Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates | 1.6y | influenza; hepatitis A | Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS) | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $141,382 |
| 2019-11-12 | 2025-10-14 | K.N. | Vanessa Lee Brice | Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter | 6mo | DTaP; Hib; Prevnar 13; IPV; ro | seizures and resulting developmental/language delay | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2019-11-15 | 2021-04-27 | K.E. | Jonathan Joseph Svitak | Shannon Law Group; Shannon Law Group, P.C. | – | varicella | varicella-strain virus and related sequelae as well as vacci | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2019-12-12 | 2021-10-29 | R.J. | Bridget C. McCullough | Muller Brazil, LLP | – | influenza | encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $62,808 |
| 2019-12-17 | 2023-08-28 | P.P. | Ronald Craig Homer | Conway Homer P.C.; Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | DTaP | post-vaccine encephalopathy | compensated | Mindy Michaels Roth | $74,000 |
| 2020-01-09 | 2021-03-30 | C.L.H.R. | not in record | – | 6mo | influenza | seizures, learning disabilities, speech disabilities | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2020-02-19 | 2020-03-25 | J.N.H. | Michael Avrim Firestone | Marvin Firestone, MD, JD and Associates | 13.0y | Tdap | autoimmune encephalitis and/or a significant aggravation of | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2020-05-04 | 2024-03-25 | L.R. | not in record | – | – | – | Angelman Syndrome | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2020-06-29 | 2022-01-31 | I.R. | Andrew Donald Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | – | MMR | Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder (PANS) and/or | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2020-08-18 | 2023-09-14 | J.R. | Bruce William Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | DTaP, IPV, and hepatitis A | encephalopathy or encephalitis | compensated | Herbrina Sanders Young | $81,585 |
| 2020-11-29 | 2023-01-03 | D.W. | Braden A. Blumenstiel | The Law Office of DuPont & Blumenstiel | 2mo | DTP/aP and hepatitis A | gastrointestinal disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2020-12-30 | 2023-06-26 | J.B. | Bruce William Slane | Law Office of Bruce W. Slane, P.C. | – | MMR and/or Tdap | right frontal intraparenchymal hemorrhage secondary to a rup | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2021-05-07 | 2022-03-30 | W.J. | not in record | – | 1.0y | MMR | chronic encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2021-06-17 | 2023-04-07 | C.R. | Braden Andrew Blumenstiel | The Law Office of Dupont & Blumenstiel | 1.2y | DTaP | encephalopathy and autism | denied | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2021-07-12 | 2025-08-11 | Laura Surace | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 20.0y | Tdap | vestibular/balance dysregulation/difficulty walking, myalgia | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2021-07-29 | 2025-02-19 | John D. Slusser, Jr. | Robert George Rose | Bosson Legal Group, PC | – | influenza | sepsis, neuroborreliosis, encephalopathy, and autoimmune enc | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $7,000 |
| 2021-09-10 | 2022-03-23 | C.J.B. | Phyllis Widman | Widman Law Firm LLC | 1.2y | Pentacel and pneumococcal conj | encephalopathy, speech abnormality, language regression, and | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2021-10-04 | 2024-01-31 | ERIC and KIMBERLY MONTE, as natural parents and legal guardians of D.M., a minor | David John Carney | Green & Schafle LLC | 13.0y | influenza | autoimmune encephalitis, encephalopathy, and/or some unspeci | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2021-10-21 | 2025-07-22 | R.M.H. | Renee J. Gentry | Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | – | MMRV | acute autoimmune encephalitis | dismissed | Daniel T. Horner | – |
| 2021-11-08 | 2024-06-13 | Anna Beracz | Braden A. Blumenstiel | The Law Office of DuPont & Blumenstiel | – | influenza | difficulty walking, significant and rapid cognitive decline, | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2021-11-29 | 2024-12-17 | JACQUELINE BEJARANO, on behalf of M.F.B. | Paul Adrian Green | Law Office of Paul Green | – | Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, and PC | epilepsy, seizures, and/or hemiplegia (left non-dominant sid | dismissed | Herbrina Sanders Young | – |
| 2021-12-16 | 2025-11-03 | G.K. | Timothy J. Mason | Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan, LLC | – | varicella | disseminated varicella vaccine-strain viral disease; varicel | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | $85,628 |
| 2022-03-22 | 2025-12-17 | B.T. | – | – | 1.0y | MMR | encephalitis | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2022-04-12 | 2025-02-25 | B.J. | Michael Avrim Firestone | Marving Firestone, MD, JD and Associates | – | diphtheria and tetanus toxoids | encephalopathy and cerebral palsy | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2022-06-09 | 2023-10-24 | C.E.K. | Sean Greenwood | The Greenwood Law Firm | – | DTaP and PCV 13 | brain inflammation, expressive language disorder, and chroni | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2023-03-28 | 2024-12-02 | Michael Veytsel | pro se | – | 28.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2023-04-18 | 2025-09-15 | B.M. | Jessica Wallace | Siri & Glimstad, LLP | – | DTaP | infantile spasms and developmental delays | dismissed | Christian J. Moran | – |